Section 15. Power to make rules

15. Power to make rules. - THE SCHEDULE THE INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT (STANDING ORDERS) ACT, 1946 ACT NO. 20 OF 1946[1] [23 rd April , 1946.] - An Act to require employers in industrial establishments formally to define conditions of employment under them. WHEREAS it is expedient to require employers in industrial establishments to define with sufficient precision the conditions of employment under them and to make the said conditions known to workmen employed by them; It is hereby enacted as follows:— STATE AMENDMENT Maharashtra Amendment of long title of Act XX of 1946.— In the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act" ) for the long title the following shall be substituted, namely:-- "An Act to provide for defining with sufficient precision certain conditions of employment in industrial establishment in the State of Bombay." [ Vide Bombay Act XXI of 1958, s. 2] Amendment of preamble of Act XX of 1946 .—In the preamble of the said Act, for the portion beginning with the words "to require" and ending with the words "by them", the words "to provide for defining with sufficient precision certain conditions of employment in industrial establishment in the State of Bombay, and for certain other matters" shall be substituted. [ Vide Bombay Act XXI of 1958, s. 3] 15. Power to make rules. —(1) The appropriate Government may, after previous publication, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may— (a) prescribe additional matters to be included in the Schedule, and the procedure to be followed in modifying standing orders certified under this Act in accordance with any such addition; (b) set out model standing orders for the purposes of this Act; (c) prescribe the procedure of Certifying Officers and appellate authorities; (d) prescribe the fee which may be charged for copies of standing orders entered in the register of standing orders; (e) provide for any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed: Provided that before any rules are made under clause (a) representatives of both employers and workmen shall be consulted by the appropriate Government. 2[(3) Every rule made by the Central Government under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or[3] [in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid], both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.] STATE AMENDMENT Maharashtra Amendment of section 15 of Act XX of 1946.— In section 15 of the said Act, in sub-section (2),-- (a) in clause (a), after the words "standing orders" the words "or amendments" shall be inserted; (b) in clause (d), for the words "copies of standing orders entered in the register of standing orders" the words and figure "copies of standing orders or model standing orders together with all the amendments filed in the register under section 8" shall be substituted. [ Vide Bombay Act XXI of 1958, s. 18] 1. Subs. by Act 39 of 1963, s. 7, for s. 14A (w.e.f. 23-12-1963). 2. Ins. by Act 16 of 1961, s. 6. 3. Subs. by Act 18 of 1982, s. 9, for certain words (w.e.f. 17-5-1982). THE SCHEDULE [ See sections 2(g) and 3(2)] MATTERS TO BE PROVIDED IN STANDING ORDER UNDER THIS ACT 1.Classification of workmen, e.g ., whether permanent, temporary, apprentices, probationers, or badlis.